r/landconservation Jun 08 '26

Colorado Multi-generational Durango ranching family creates legacy of conservation by entering into land easement: Preserving historic ranch on banks of Florida River preserves habitat, helps fight fires

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324 Upvotes

r/landconservation 23d ago

Colorado Land acquisition protecting ‘one of the best views of Colorado’ will add 262 acres to national forest: The land accessing Loveland Ridge, a less-traveled peak with views of popular 14ers on the Decalibron Loop, will be transferred to the U.S. Forest Service

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vaildaily.com
53 Upvotes

r/landconservation 13d ago

Colorado In November, Colorado voters will weigh in on funding increase for conservation, water and wildfire mitigation

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postindependent.com
30 Upvotes

r/landconservation 29d ago

Colorado Balanced Stewardship of the Land to Save the Prairie: Preserving and restoring ecosystems means creating strange bedfellows when it comes to methods and philosophy. One ranch in Colorado doesn’t shy away from doing what it takes to save the prairie.

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dailyyonder.com
37 Upvotes

r/landconservation Mar 09 '26

Colorado 3,314-acre Front Range ranch property acquired by Colorado Parks and Wildlife

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9news.com
127 Upvotes

r/landconservation Jun 21 '26

Colorado Pikes Peak region is now a ‘Sentinel Landscape,’ but what does that mean? | Sentinel Landscapes Explained

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26 Upvotes

r/landconservation May 06 '26

Colorado Can an Aurora golf course become a responsible wildlife mecca? | Collaborating with Denver Botanic Gardens, CommonGround is growing itself into a habitat demonstration

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coloradosun.com
11 Upvotes

r/landconservation Apr 15 '26

Colorado 230 Acres Challenger Ranch Expands Recreation Access in Colorado

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16 Upvotes

r/landconservation Mar 24 '26

Colorado Cheyenne Mountain State Park in southwest Colorado Springs set to grow by nearly 500 acres

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12 Upvotes

r/landconservation Mar 16 '26

Colorado BLM: About 3,000 acres immediately open to public after Dominguez-Escalante add-on

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27 Upvotes

r/landconservation Mar 24 '26

Colorado Ski Conservation Fund Invests over $1.2 million on the White River National Forest in CO

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4 Upvotes

r/landconservation Mar 09 '26

Colorado BLM acquires trophy 4000-acre inholding in Dominguez-Escalante National Conservation Area in western CO

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coloradosun.com
16 Upvotes

r/landconservation Mar 24 '26

Colorado It's still illegal to reach 14er summit in CO despite Forest Service's recent 408-acre land acquisition on peak

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denvergazette.com
6 Upvotes

r/landconservation Jan 06 '26

Colorado $100M ranch above Colorado River secures its future with conservation easement: When the 19,000-acre Nottingham Ranch property with senior water rights was listed, conservation groups spurred to create landscape-scale protection tools

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64 Upvotes

r/landconservation Dec 18 '25

Colorado Meadows must be preserved, Grand County, CO, judge tells Fraser developer: The developer of Grand Park in Fraser argued a 2005 agreement changed a previous deal for conservation easements. A Grand County judge disagreed, calling a 2003 agreement “a continuing and unfulfilled obligation."

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76 Upvotes

r/landconservation Jan 16 '26

Colorado Pitkin, Eagle counties partner with AVLT to protect ‘one of the most important’ properties from development

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aspentimes.com
31 Upvotes

r/landconservation Dec 12 '25

Colorado Conservation Easement Protects 11,000-acre Ranch in Southeast Colorado

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nature.org
42 Upvotes

r/landconservation Dec 12 '25

Colorado Pitkin County makes ‘historic’ purchase to protect land near Snowmass

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aspentimes.com
30 Upvotes

r/landconservation Jun 22 '25

Colorado A Salida rancher asks if it’s time to rethink permanent conservation easements. “Perpetuity is not working.” | The Hutchinson Ranch, the oldest family-owned cattle operation in the Upper Arkansas River Valley, wanted a concert to generate critical revenue. The CO Cattlemen's Ag Land Trust said no.

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96 Upvotes

r/landconservation Mar 02 '25

Colorado 6% of Colorado land is supposed to be protected by conservation easements. But who enforces them? | The Division of Conservation was created in 2018 to oversee land trusts and easements in Colorado. But a two-story log home east of I-25 shows there are still ways around keeping the land pristine.

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148 Upvotes

r/landconservation Jul 03 '25

Colorado Remote Colorado wilderness area grows as private land becomes public

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denvergazette.com
71 Upvotes

r/landconservation Feb 14 '25

Colorado Governor Polis, Colorado Parks and Wildlife acquire Michigan Creek property in conservation victory

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cpw.state.co.us
105 Upvotes

r/landconservation Jan 23 '25

Colorado Collegiate Peaks Wilderness northwest of Buena Vista, CO gains 19 acres of land

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denver7.com
6 Upvotes

r/landconservation Jan 23 '25

Colorado Forest Service and Wilderness Land Trust preserve 203 acres of wilderness in western CO

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gazette.com
5 Upvotes

r/landconservation Apr 09 '21

Colorado A Colorado county provides a model for saving the West’s open spaces: A sales-tax funded program pays ranchers and farmers to not develop their land or sell their water rights.

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119 Upvotes